cir´cum|cis´er

cir´cum|cis´er
cir|cum|cise «SUR kuhm syz», transitive verb, -cised, -cis|ing.
1. to cut off the foreskin of (a male) or the nymphae of (a female), especially for hygienic purposes or as a religious or initiatory rite, as among the Jews, Muslims, and some African and Australian peoples. See also circumcision. (Cf.circumcision)
2. Figurative. to cleanse of sin (in the Bible, Jeremiah 4:4).
[< Latin circumcīsus, past participle of circumcīdere trim around, cut off short < circum around + caedere cut]
cir´cum|cis´er, noun.

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